“Winning the Mile is as big to me as winning the Kentucky Derby.”
By Scott Hanson, Seattle Times
AUBURN – They are coming from the North and South, the East and Midwest. Such is the draw of the Northwest’s most prestigious horse race, the Grade III, $200,000 Longacres Mile.
Ready to meet...
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Brenda Martinez has been coached by phone or email to become one of the best in the world in 800. Now she has a chance to win the first World Championship medal for a U.S. woman in the event.
By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Brenda Martinez wasn't ready to give up her running career after...
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"It pretty much felt like a normal Mile, just slower," women's champion Mericle; inaugural event kicked off the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon week
By Tim Bergsten, pikespeaksports.us
Scott Dahlberg gulped down the thin air at 14,115 feet, looked around and knew it was time to go.
With a...
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"When I grow up I want to be Mary Cain." - Nick Symmonds, newly minted 800m silver medalist; women's 1500m final, Thursday, August 15
By Karen Rosen, Special for USA TODAY
MOSCOW –The future of U.S. middle-distance running is 17-years-old, uses words like "gosh" and "geez" and yet is so race...
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Return the Mile to prominence on the American & worldwide sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a movement.
ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
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Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
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Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.
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